1. Huang Zhong, courtesy name Hansheng, was a Chinese military general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han dynasty of China.
19 Facts About Huang Zhong
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Huang Zhong is portrayed in the 14th-century historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms and popular culture as an elderly general with youthful vigour and constitution, and as one of the Five Tiger Generals under Liu Bei.
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Huang Zhong was from Nanyang Commandery, which is around present-day Nanyang, Henan.
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Huang Zhong initially served as a General of the Household under Liu Biao, the Governor of Jing Province.
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Huang Zhong was tasked to defend Changsha Commandery with Liu Biao's nephew, Liu Pan.
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Huang Zhong was appointed as an acting Major-General and he continued serving in Changsha under Han Xuan, the commandery administrator.
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Han Xuan surrendered Changsha, and Huang Zhong came to serve under Liu Bei.
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Huang Zhong's force encountered resistance led by Xiahou Yuan at Yangping Pass.
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Huang Zhong was promoted to General Who Attacks the West for his contributions in the Hanzhong Campaign.
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Huang Zhong wanted to appoint Huang Zhong as General of the Rear, placing the latter on the same level as three other senior generals: Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Ma Chao.
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Huang Zhong received the title of a Secondary Marquis.
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Huang Zhong died in 220 and his cause of death was not specified.
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Huang Zhong's tomb was first discovered in Chengdu during the Qing dynasty in 1825.
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Huang Zhong is featured as a prominent character in the historical novel Romance of the Three Kingdoms by Luo Guanzhong, which romanticises the historical events before and during the Three Kingdoms period.
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Huang Zhong is featured as a playable character in the video game series Dynasty Warriors, Kessen II, and Warriors Orochi produced by Koei, as well as in the Capcom game Destiny of an Emperor released for the original Nintendo Entertainment System.
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Huang Zhong is featured on a card in the Three Kingdoms Portal of the card game Magic: The Gathering.
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Huang Zhong is a potential skin for the character Hanzo Shimada in the video game Overwatch.
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USS Huang Zhong is the name of an Archer-class scoutship which appears in the Star Trek novel That Which Divides, by Dayton Ward.
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Huang Zhong appears in Total War: Three Kingdoms as a playable character, serving under Liu Biao's faction.